John A. "Junior" Gotti has been indicted on conspiracy charges in
Florida, linking him to large-scale cocaine trafficking and the slayings of
three New York men in the late 1980s and early 1990s, federal officials said
Tuesday.

Federal prosecutor Robert O'Neill announced the indictment of the 44-year-old
Gotti and five other men at a news conference. He said the indictment showed
that the men were "trying to gain a foothold" in the area.

"What should be noted today is whether you violate the federal law today,
tomorrow, or 20 years ago, the FBI and its law enforcement partners will pursue
the matter to its logical conclusions," said Steven E. Ibison, special
agent-in-charge of the Tampa FBI office.

Gotti — the son of the late Gambino family crime boss John Gotti — was
arrested at his Long Island home and is expected to appear later Tuesday in
Manhattan federal court. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

The conspiracy indictment against Gotti accuses him of being a chief in an
arm of the Gambino crime family that operated in Florida, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania since about 1983. That enterprise was involved in everything
from murder and kidnapping to witness tampering and money laundering, and had
its fingers in legal and illegal businesses and union locals, federal
authorities said.

It says he was involved in the slayings of George Grosso in Queens, NY, in
1988; Louis DiBono, who was killed in the parking garage of the World Trade
Center in Manhattan in 1990; and Bruce John Gotterup, killed in 1991 at the
Boardwalk at the Rockaways in Queens. It also accuses him of possession
and trafficking of more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.

A second indictment charges Gotti associates John A. Burke, 47, who is in
prison in New York; James V. Cadicamo, 33, of Tampa; David D'Arpino, 33, of
Howard Beach, NY; Michael D. Finnerty, 43, of Oceanside, NY; and Guy T. Peden,
47, of Wantagh, NY.

Both indictments were handed up last month.

In 1999, Junior Gotti pleaded guilty to racketeering crimes including
bribery, extortion, gambling and fraud. He was sentenced to 77 months in prison
and was released in 2005.

Gotti also was tried three times in Manhattan on racketeering charges for an
alleged plot to kidnap Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. The trials in 2005
and 2006 ended in hung juries and mistrials.

Federal prosecutors announced at the time that they were giving up — and
Gotti said he had long since retired from his life of crime.

"They tried very hard to convict him up here. They spared no resources and it
didn't work," said Gotti's attorney, Charles Carnesi. "It's tragic for him and
his family to have to continually go through this. It's almost laughable."

Federal authorities in Florida successfully convicted other suspected members
of the Tampa-area Gambino enterprise in 2006, including Michael Malone, Charles
Carneglia and Ronald "Ronnie One Arm" Trucchio. The former alleged boss of the
Tampa enterprise, John E. Alite, is awaiting trial in Tampa after being captured
and extradited from Brazil.

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